History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de Bruges

In Dutch: Bruggestraat

Rue de Bruges, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 23 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 4 periods, from the 1910s to the 2000s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 41: 1923. 6 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

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Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.